We have a programme of free monthly talks with a wide range of interesting guest speakers.
Our talks are held at the Assembly Rooms (First Floor), The Council House, North Street, Chichester. They take place on the third Thursday of most months at 2pm, and are open to all Chichester u3a members at no charge.
Our current programme of talks are shown below, and appear in the events calendar. Details of the next talk are provided in the Bulletin emailed out to members.
The speaker will be introduced at 2pm, please be seated before then.
NOTE: Free tea and coffee is offered after the talk.
Forthcoming Events
“Forty Years of Catching Smugglers – Why Do I Always Feel So Guilty ?” a talk by Malcolm Nelson
Malcolm will give us an insight into how Customs/Border Force Officers select people in the Green Channel who they think are carrying prohibited drugs in their baggage. What it is that gives them away? Why, sometimes, is there nobody in the Green Channel? Why do we feel that we’re being watched? These and other questions will be answered.
Malcolm Nelson was a Customs Officer for 40 years. He worked in many places in the UK but most of his career was in London Port and Heathrow. He also worked in St Petersburg (Russia), Malta, and several airports in the EU. Since retiring he has become a public speaker. He has also written two books. “Forty Years Catching Smugglers ,” and “In Pursuit of the Two Legged Mule.”
“(Almost) Death in Paradise – The Caribbean, Pirates and Rum” a talk by Neil Sadler
Neil is a retired police officer. Much of his 30 years service was as an operational officer in various ranks across Sussex. He also worked briefly in Hong Kong, Trinidad and Abu Dhabi.
His talk will focus on his time working with police in the Caribbean.
- Working with police in Trinidad and Tobago
- Life in Barbados
- The fictional island of Saint Marie in the TV series: Death in Paradise.
- The real Pirates of the Caribbean.
- What time did pirates go to bed?
- What was marooning?
- The answer’s Rum… now what was the question?
Notices
Do you know of any interesting and entertaining speakers who would be of interest to your fellow u3a members?
Use the form below to connect the Speakers Team.
If you think you can help in organising our Monthly Talks please contact us here. In addition to working with the Speakers Team to plan the talks, maybe you could help occasionally at a meeting, even once a year would be very useful.
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